If what you really want is chicks that are pure for the Wheaten gene (E^Wh), then you should be able to get some in the second generation. For that, it does not really matter whether Duckwing is dominant over Wheaten or vice versa.
Cross the Wheaten and the Duckwing, and you've got chicks that...
Obviously botulism is a danger to people or chickens of all ages, but honey is not considered a particular risk factor for most people after they are past infancy. Chickens grow up much faster than humans, so their digestive system might mature more quickly too. So there might be an actual...
I do not know if it is possible to have a chicken with both of these traits at the same time.
I would expect that the rose comb pushes the crest back, so it can lay backward but not forward (example: some Silkies.) But I do not know if that must happen, or if you could breed for a...
Sometimes feathers just do get their pigment in weird ways. For example, some kinds of dietary deficiencies or excesses can cause weird coloring.
But this one still LOOKS like barring.
I'll look forward to seeing the results!
I've read of a few cases when hens stored sperm for longer than a...
Not true for mixed breed chickens. Earlobe color does not predict egg color.
Sort-of true for purebred chickens, because the earlobe color can help you figure out what breed the chicken is, and once you know the breed you also know what egg color they will lay.
There are a lot of breeds with...
I agree. That does look like barring. I can't be sure whether it IS barring, but it definitely LOOKS like barring.
I don't know where the barring came from, but I do know how to be sure of what it is: test-mate the bird to see what you get in the chicks. Mating with a black chicken will give...
Yes, it's easy to get chicken recipes in a search!
That is why I tried putting "poultry" in my search. It seems to help get studies on the live creatures, instead of recipes :D
Thank you for updating, and for giving so many details!
It is very nice to know the final outcome, and what things you did that helped or might have helped👍
Since you are looking for studies, I tried a google search with all of these terms:
study honey poultry chicks
I turned up several studies. Here are links to two of them (assuming I don't mess them up):
https://aab.copernicus.org/articles/69/11/2026/...
It is very frustrating when coops have a misleading label like that! It could work for that many chickens in some specific situations, but not in all situations.
It probably does work for 10-12 bantams (extra-small chickens).
In some climates, when the chickens can go outside all day long on...
I do not know how to make it be quiet.
But it does not look like the chicken is distressed or upset, so maybe just get yourself a pair of earplugs and wait to see what other people suggest?
I gather you haven't seen the common recommendations for each chicken to have 4 square feet of space in the coop and 10 square feet of space in the run. If you follow that guideline, your coop at 4x6 feet would only be big enough for 6 chickens, and your run at 6x10 feet would be big enough for...
I see why you compared it to a harmonica!
Unfortunately, I do not have any useful ideas for why the chicken may be making that sound :(
Based on the video that has now been uploaded, I'm pretty sure it is "something else."
I wonder if it is a purebred Campine, but without the hen feathering?
Campines have a form of hen feathering, so the males do not usually grow the tail & saddle feathers like what yours is showing.
Hen feathering also affects the coloring. With hen feathering, the males and females have the...
A bit of new bedding can have the same effect, even without scratch or treats.
Or sometimes you can just use a shovel to turn over a bit of the bedding on the floor, and they will get busy scratching there, without you adding anything edible. This makes the most difference if the bedding has...
This is very interesting!
I think the Silver must have come from one of the Malines, because there is no way for a Buckeye to carry Silver while looking their normal red/brown color.
Regarding the striping on the chick down, and the black & silver on those chicks, I'm going to guess that one...